Legal Opinion
Elsesser v. Hospital of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided September 30, 1992No. C.A. 92-3045PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
WEINER, District Judge.
Plaintiffs originally brought this personal injury action in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County against a hospital, several doctors in the emergency room of the hospital, plaintiffs’ incompetent’s primary care physician, and United States Health Care Systems of Pennsylva nia, Inc. (“U.S. Health Care”), a health maintenance organization (“HMO”). U.S. Health Care subsequently removed the action to this court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1441(b), claiming that the causes of action plaintiffs assert against it arise under the laws of the…
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- Pacificare of Oklahoma, Inc. v. BurrageCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1995
- Dukes v. United States Health Care Systems of Pennsylvania, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1994
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